Definition of surmise Surmise
/sɚmajˈz/ - [sermayz] - sur•mise
We found 13 definitions of surmise from 6 different sources.
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What does surmise mean?
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| surmise - infer from incomplete evidence | ||
| deduce, deduct, derive, infer reason by deduction; establish by deduction | ||
| surmise - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" | ||
| suspect | ||
| hazard, venture, guess, pretend proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" | ||
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- surmise (Noun)
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, surmises of jealousy or of envy. - surmise (Noun)
Reflection; thought; posit. - surmise (Verb)
To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- surmise (n.)
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy. - surmise (n.)
Reflection; thought. - surmise (v. t.)
To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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surmise
To imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence. -
surmise
To suppose with contestable premises. -
surmise
To imagine that something is possible or likely.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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surmise
sur-mīz′, n. suspicion: conjecture.—v.t. to imagine: to suspect.—adjs. Surmī′sable, Surmī′sant.—n. Surmī′ser. [O. Fr.,—surmettre, to accuse—L. super, upon, mittĕre, to send.]
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